Heel lining



May 18 1926. 1,585,049

.1. A. SKOGLUND HEEL LINING Filed Ju ne- 28, 1924 Invenl'br Jase J71, Q 57510 111116 J Qmrneys Patented May 18, 1926.

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JOSEPH A. SKOGLUND, 0F ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

HEEL LiENING.

Application filedJ'une 28,1924. Serial No. 722,947.

adjusted therein to meet the particular requirements of the user.

A further object is to supplya lining, as above, the same aifording an adjustable and yieldingly compensating filler and grip for the heel of a shoe.

With the foregoing and other objects in.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form of *heel lining embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a similar view of another form of lining embodying my invention; Fig. 3 illustrates, in section, the first form of lining and shows its varied application to a shoe; Fig. 1 is a view similar to Fig. 3, the second form of lining being illustrated therein and Fig, 5, which is similar to Fig. 4c, shows the elastic member of the lining stretched back into the concave of the heel of the shoe as by a wearers heel.

Referring to the drawing it will be observed that my improvement comprises aheel lining member or skirt 10 and an anchoring member A. The member 10 is a strip of woven elastic material, which serves to line the back and sides of the heel of a shoe, as shown.

In the form of lining shown in Fig. 1, the lining strip 10 is rectangular, the same being a section of a ribbon of elastic ma terial selvedged at its edges and cut transversely. The anchoring member A is made up of an upper strip 11 of non-elastic material and forward strips 12 of similar material. Said upper strip 11 is stitched at its lower edge, in abutting relation, to the upper edge of the lining strip 10, the rear edges of the forward strips 12 being likewise stitched to the forward edges of the structure composed of said upper strip 11 and lining strip 10. The outer faces of the strips 11, 12 have a coating 18 of soluble adhesive thereon, the lower ends of said latter strips being extended beneath the lower edge of the lining strip 10 to provide sole engaging tabs 1%, the function of which will soon appear. In applying the article to a shoe, the adhesive coating on the an- I choring member A is first moistened to soften the same, the article belng thereafter inserted in the heel of a. shoe and held with the treated face of the member A against the inside thereof, the tabs 12 being turned in and held against the insole of the shoe. Upon the set-ting of the adhesive, the anchoring member A becomes firmly secured to the shoe, whereupon the article is effectively held in place, In affixing the lining to a shoe the lower edge of the member 10 just clears the insole of the shoe, any portion of the anchoring member A that may happen toproject beyond the upper edge. of the shoe being trimmed off after said member has become set to the shoe. Normally, the skirt or lining member 10 hangs, as shown, in solid lines in Fig. 3, substantial room being left in the concave at the back of the shoe for the flexing thereinto of said member 10 by the heel of a wearer. This normal relation of the member 10 ordinarily meets the necessary requirements for the filling of a shoe, but in the event that a greater shortening effect of the shoe is desired, the lining is elevated at its forward end (dotted lines, Fig. 3), at the time of the attachment of the anchoring member A to the shoe, to bring the rear of the member 10 further forward in the shoe. lVith the article thus inclined, the tabs 12 are turned on appropriate lines of fold to suit the particular relation between the article and shoe, said tabs, if desired, being further secured to the sole of the shoe as by means of tacks 14 driven through said tabs and into the sole.

Wearing a shoe equipped with my improvement, the users heel is yieldingly gripped in the shoe, the elastic member 10 being stretched into the concaves of the shoe and compensating to suit the heel of the foot. Relative sidewise movement of the shoe and heel is avoided and the usual chafing of the shoe on the back of the heel is prevented. Thus adapting a shoe to a foot, my improvement makes for comfort in the wearing of the shoe and guards against wear upon shoe and hosiery as well.

In the form of lining shown in Fig. 3, the upper forward corners of the lining member 10 are rounded off and the anchoring member A made in one continuous strip This form of the improvement is well adapted to cut-away pumps and other of the lighter shoes, its application and action being the same as in the form of article, shown in Fig. 1 and hereinbefore described in detail.

Changes in the specific form of my invention, as herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In an article of the present nature, an elastic heel lining member, and a non-elastic anchoring member bounding the upper and forward edges of said member, said anchoring member being gummed on its outer face for attachment to the inside of a shoe and overreaching the elastic member at its ends tr provide sole engaging tabs foldable on different lines to accord with various angular relations of the lining with respect to the shoe.

2. In an article of the present nature, an elastic heel lining member and a non-elastic anchoring member bounding the upper and forward edges of said lining member, said anchoring member overreaching the lining member at its ends to provide sole engaging tabs,

3. In an article of the present nature, an anchoring member of non-elastic material capable of being trimmed without fraying and gummed throughout the outer face thereof for attachment to the inside of a shoe, and a heel lining member of a different and elastic material bounded at its upper and forward edges by the anchoring member and butt seamed at said edges to said member.

4. In an article of the present nature, a heel lining skirt comprising a strip of elastic material, an upper anchoring strip of non-elastic material joined at its lower edge to the upper edge of said elastic strip, forward anchoring strips secured to and bounding the forward edges at the ends of the structure formed by said upper strip and skirt, the forward strips providing depending tabs for attachment to the sole of a shoe.

5. The method of forming a heel liner comprising an elastic lining member and a non-elastic anchoring member. said method consisting in gumming the anchoring member throughout the outer face thereof and thereafter butt seaming said members together.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JOSEPH A. SKOGLUND. 

